A word never ends in a doubled consonant: as, es for *es-s , thou art , which Plautus and Terence still scan as a long syllable; and the following cases of assimilation: ter for *terr from *ters (cf. terr-uncius , a quarter of an ās , a farthing , 1272 , for *ters-uncius , 166, 8 ); fār , spelt , for *farr , from *fars ( 489 ); fel , gall , for *fell , from *fels ( 482 ); in mīles , soldier , for *mīless from *mīlets (cf. Gen. mīlitis , 477 ) the final syllable is still long in Plautus.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

“In that case I shall let it pass.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Yet seeing it is come to pass, that custom having got in possession, pleads prescription for the name, I shall let it pass, and come to the description of the herb, which take as follows.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Mukwáku (mangwáku) ang babáyi basta bulus ang pamuyù, A woman becomes very thin if she lives in poverty.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

If I stay longer in Petersburg I’ll let you know at once … in the way we’ve arranged, and you’ll tell them.”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

True, Carlton House Terrace, like the streets of Rome, actually squeaked and gibbered with ghosts, till one felt like Odysseus before the press of shadows, daunted by a "bloodless fear"; but in spring London is pleasant, and it was more cheery than ever in May, 1897, when every one was welcoming the return of life after the long winter since 1893.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

-erected in something like its present form in the 12th century, but received many subsequent additions.
— from Paris Grant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen

He considers that the caterpillar form is a degraded Campodea form, the result of its stationary life in plants or in wood.
— from Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

And Lord Milner, in his final analysis of the law on July 26th, concludes [112] that "the Bill as it stands leaves it practically in the hands of the Government to enfranchise, or not to enfranchise, the Uitlanders as it chooses."
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

He observed also that when this poison was withdrawn from the vesicles it soon lost in power, and after a certain time became inert: a portion ten days old being introduced into a fresh wound of a living animal, only caused slight tumefaction on the part.
— from The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, July-December, 1827 by Various

It has a strong, durable, tip-up action resembling in principle that of the Stevens, and when closed the barrel is securely locked in position by a cross bolt, actuated by a button on the left side.
— from Pistol and Revolver Shooting by A. L. A. (Abraham Lincoln Artman) Himmelwright

When a large number of cases of this disease occur in rapid succession, in one individual's ordinary practice, and few or none elsewhere, these cases appearing in scattered localities, in patients of the same average condition as those who escape under the care of others, there is the same reason for connecting the cause of the disease with the person in this instance, as with the place in that last mentioned.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

A trade rat's nest, found in an unoccupied house, was composed of iron spikes laid in perfect symmetry, with the points outward.
— from Motor Matt's Mystery; or, Foiling a Secret Plot by Stanley R. Matthews

Well, now, sir; it seemed like it probably would have been more than one
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

And all sorts of plants extend themselves into branches, twist themselves into screws, lengthen into points, round themselves out like fans.
— from The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert